Legislative Turn 1 Results:
-[X] Right to Request Investigation Law
--[X] Minor
---[X] Gives systems the right to directly request the
Republic Office of Criminal Investigation (ROCI) and/or the
Jedi Order send representatives to officially investigate breaches of Republic Law within their space. The request can be issued by either the systems' legislative body, Head of State. or Senatorial Representative. Any investigation request can only countermanded by the majority vote of the Senate.
----[X]Political Power Spent: 1000 (500 to propose, 500 for Faction negotiation).
-----[X]Factions negotiation:
Agrarian and Outer Rim Factions
The Debate:
D100 + 35 => 83
The Following is a Transcript from the Galactic Senate to Debate SB 1343, Right to Request Investigation (Also Known as the Naboo Act):
Chancellor Jar Jar Binks (CJB): And with this bill in place, there will no longer be delays when a criminal crisis arises between member nations. No more will the Senate be paralyzed by internal investigations, hampered by the time-consuming politics of jurisdiction and bureaucracy. The Naboo Act ensures swift and impartial oversight, protecting the integrity of the Republic and the safety of its citizens.
Member of the Opposition (MO): Yet, Chancellor Binks, this bill reeks of overreach. Would it not violate the rights of member systems, threatening their autonomy? Never in the past thousand years has such a law been proposed, a law so flagrantly against the core principles of our constitution. This act threatens to undermine the very balance that has kept the Republic united for millennia.
Chancellor Binks (CJB): With respect, this proposal in no way infringes on the sovereignty of the constitution or the member systems. It merely grants them the power to request an independent third-party investigation into matters of mutual concern. This is not a mandate. It does not strip systems of their rights, but rather empowers them with an unbiased mechanism to ensure that republic law is upheld fairly across all borders.
Member of the Government (MG): Hear, hear!
A chorus of applause rises from the government benches, echoing across the grand Senate hall. It swells, filling the vast chamber, as senators from allied systems rise to their feet in support. The applause lasts for five minutes, a thunderous endorsement of the proposed legislation before the Speaker calls for order.]
Speaker/Vice Chancellor Bail Organa: Order! Order! The Senate must remain in session.
[The applause gradually fades, though murmurs of approval continue to ripple through the assembly. The opposition remains seated, stone-faced, their silence a pointed refusal to join in the ovation.]
Member of the Opposition (MO): I must remind the Senate, and you, Chancellor Binks, that allowing a third party to investigate the internal affairs of a sovereign system is a dangerous precedent. The risk of abuse is undeniable. Who will oversee these so-called impartial investigators? What is to stop them from overstepping their bounds, turning an investigation into an occupation?*
Chancellor Binks (CJB): The safeguards are clear, my esteemed colleague. These investigators will report directly to the Senate Oversight Committee, with representatives from every system ensuring transparency. The act is designed with checks and balances to prevent any abuse. If a system feels that their sovereignty is being infringed upon, they can appeal directly to the Senate.
[A low rumble of conversation spreads across the chamber, as members consider Binks' words.]
Member of the Opposition (MO): I fear you underestimate the consequences of centralizing such power. Once we allow a body to interfere in the affairs of a member system, we open the door to corruption, and we weaken the very fabric of this Republic.
Chancellor Binks (CJB): I see no weakening here, only strength. Strength in unity, strength in accountability. The Republic is built on trust between systems, and this act merely fortifies that trust. We have the opportunity to lead by example, to show that no system is above the law, not even our own.
Member of the Government (MG): Well said! The people of Naboo will remember this day.
[Another wave of applause begins]
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The Study:
D100 + 35 => 89
Member of the Government: We have found over two hundred cases in the last 100 years where a member nation was exploited by another member nation or another force that could have been acted on quicker than the Republic did in actuality. That is two incidents every year.
How can we claim to represent the sentients in our systems, when we are allowing such exploitation of their rights and allowing such criminal activities to happen and get ignored?
Public opinion changes.
The Vote:
D100 + 35 => 120
It passed with a majority of the Senate voting for it.
It would not do more than help… but at least a crisis like Naboo could at least be brought to the attention of the Senate far sooner than it happened.
Reward: The Bill passes. As it is a minor law, it pushes and prevents several State of the galaxy statuses to fall.
Yellow occurs.
1 out of 5 legislative actions passed.
Palpatine impressed. Happily so.
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-[X] Starfighter Reaction Force program
--[X] Minor
---[X] Start a naval program for awarding a defense contract for the design and procurement of a new Starfighter design. The starfighter must be hyperdrive equipped, and possess shields and sufficient armament.
---[X] Setup a volunteer recruitment and training program for the creation of several starfighter squadrons under the
Republic Security Force, that will serve as QRFs in response to attempts by criminals groups to attack, blockade, or extort member planets of the Galactic Republic.
----[X]Political Power Spent: 1000 (500 to propose, 500 for Faction negotiation).
-----[X]Factions negotiation:
Military Reformists (Republican Security)
The Debate:
D100 + 10 => 35
Reroll (Vice Chancellor
D100 + 10 => 96
The Following is the closing statement Transcript from the Galactic Senate to debate SB (Senate Bill) 2134, Starfighter Reaction Force program (Or known as the Starfighter Armament Corps):
BO: Why should we see armament among the Judicials? They have the ships, the crews and the firepower to handle this. Yet here we are, standing on a more dangerous galaxy than ever. We have reports of pirates operating in the mid-rim. Criminal cartels have started to run wild. Spice runners have all but destroyed many systems with their poisons… and we have pirate kingdoms that are better armed than our own government! How can we provide the sector's security, when we cannot assure the pilots and captains who fly them, are able to meet them out in space or in the atmosphere of the planets?
The Study:
D100 + 10 => 107
The Vote:
D100 + 10 => 71
In a rare public session, the vote was neck and neck… but then it passed the budget of over 10 billion credits to allow the study, production, and use of new starfighters for the Republic security forces and the Judicials.
It passed with a small majoraty, but it was enough for… Chancellor Binks enemies to not… do anything that would cry fowl.
Reward:
The Bill passes. As it is a minor law, it pushes and prevents several State of the galaxy statuses to fall.
Yellow occurs.
2 out of 5 legislative actions passed.
Tarkin now thinks one thing… He made the right choice accepting this position.
AN: I wrote the entire first one in a large, awesome style...
Then I got board and wrote the other one with a very... small vote.
What I'm tired and am going back to bed.
